French Legitimists and the Politics of Moral Order in the Early Third Republic

by Robert R Locke and Robert R. Locke

Book Overview

Traditionally, the legitimists of early Third Republican Prance have been dismissed as historical anachronisms. To arrive at a fuller understanding of these men, Robert R. Locke has used French public archives, libraries, and previously ignored private sources to investigate the divine right monarchists and the nature of their protest. Professor Locke concentrates on two hundred legitimists in the National Assembly of 1871. He identifies the legitimists...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691052158
• ISBN13: 9780691052151
• Release Date: May 1974
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.